AllSync & AllDup

I have 2 files in question among others. The two are equal in all respects except creation date: one in 2005 the other in 2009. I opted to select all but the oldest, however, the 2005 file is marked for deletion. There are many pairs marked like this. To complicate matters, there are other pairs in ...

Understood.

Side note:
Some suggest that reading the end of the file may be even faster in determining content difference. That is, read a small block end first, determine difference, then start at top with the compare. I have not tested this but it seems plausible.

Ok.

Sounds good.

It should be a directly editable, a textbox, popup (maybe), where the user can input the desired path. The field can be automatically populated based on the currently selected duplicate in the results list.

I think this feature will create better diversity with your product peers.

Your suggestion did not solve that problem. To state differently, assume there are three directories with files: [reference] 1 2 3 4 4x 5 5y 6 [suspect 1] 2 4x 4y 7 8 9 9x 9y [suspect 2] 3 3x 6 7 9 9x 9y now multiply this by hundreds. The intent is to remove the duplicates of [reference] that exist ...

Upon further review, the results window did not display the attributes content until the item was selected, giving the appearance that it was changed when selected. As it now stands, the actual file appears not altered.

I thought so, however, the read buffer settings under Compare Methods casted some doubt. Thanks.

Selecting a file in the results windows alters that file's archive attribute as per the results window. This appears to be an unwanted feature.

I think folks use products like AllDup for two similar but separate reasons: 1. finding files with identical content (a/o metadata) in a single directory. 2. finding files with identical content (a/o metadata) in a target directory(s) compared to a reference directory. That is, the user is not neces...

A follow-up question... Does AllDup compare the full content of all files regardless of the file's size? Or, is it as "Compare Method" suggests that only a maximum of 9,999,999 bytes of each file are compared. Please tell me otherwise. But if this is so, and if AllDup is still an active pr...

Thanks.

You should state so in your product descriptions - it makes a world of difference.

Also, I left a small positive review today at Softpedia, where I discovered AllDup. However, it might be held a bit while being moderated.

Hello and thanks for you product.

How are the files compared for duplicity? That is, is it by size > crc hash > full byte to byte, or by some other means.

I need to know to determine my level of confidence in the output. Thanks again.